The Board granted the petition to reopen the claim for service connection for a bilateral knee disability, but remanded the issue for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the last final denial was new and material, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral knee disability, to include Osgood-Schlatter's disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2024
- Citation
- 24000959
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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